Croatian medical journal
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The last three decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in female sports participation at all levels. However, increased sports participation of female athletes has also increased the incidence of sport-related injuries, which can be either acute trauma or overuse injuries. Overuse injuries may be defined as an imbalance caused by overly intensive training and inadequate recovery, which subsequently leads to a breakdown in tissue reparative mechanisms. This article will review the most frequent overuse injuries in female athletes in the context of anatomical, physiological, and psychological differences between genders.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2007
Comparative StudyQuality of life outcome of critical care survivors eighteen months after discharge from intensive care.
To assess the changes in health-related quality of life in patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ After discharge from the ICU, patients' quality of life was poor and showed an improvement at 18 months after discharge, but was still worse than on admission. Age, ICU length of stay, and male sex were the factors that had the strongest impact on the quality of life on admission and at 18 months after discharge from the ICU.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2007
Case ReportsDiffuse lymphomatous infiltration of kidney presenting as renal tubular acidosis and hypokalemic paralysis: case report.
We report the case of a 22-year-old woman who presented with acute onset flaccid quadriparesis. Physical examination showed mild pallor with cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, and bilateral smooth enlarged kidneys. Neurological examination revealed lower motor neuron muscle weakness in all the four limbs with hyporeflexia and normal sensory examination. ⋯ Metabolic acidosis, alkaline urine, and severe hypokalemia due to excessive urinary loss in our patient were suggestive of distal renal tubular acidosis. Renal involvement in lymphoma is usually subclinical and clinically overt renal disease is rare. Diffuse lymphomatous infiltration of the kidneys may cause tubular dysfunction and present with hypokalemic paralysis.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2007
Polymorphisms of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene: possible association with susceptibility to or clearance of hepatitis B virus infection in Chinese Han population.
To explore whether killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) gene polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection or HBV clearance. ⋯ KIR polymorphisms may be associated with susceptibility to HBV infection or HBV clearance. It could be suggested that KIR2DS2 and KIR2DS3 were HBV-susceptive genes, which induced a persistent yet weak inflammatory reaction that resulted in continuous injury of live tissues and chronic hepatitis. KIR2DS1, KIR3DS1, and KIR2DL5, on the other hand, may be protective genes that facilitated the clearance of HBV.
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Croatian medical journal · Dec 2007
Editorial Comparative StudyIs content of medical journals related to advertisements? Case-control study.
To assess the relatedness of journal content to paid advertisements published in the journal. ⋯ The strong relatedness between the content of the articles and advertisements placed in 3 of 7 journals and explicit placement of the advertisements face to face or overleaf the related research articles support the hypothesis that journal content is manipulated to place more emphasis on the advertisements.